Car dependency greatly contributes to the climate crisis and the corrosion of public space. In
response, cities are introducing pedestrianisation, cycle lanes or tactical urban interventions …

This article aims to tackle the inner-regional question within political geography debate
addressing an important conceptual and empirical deficit in our understanding of periphery …

This paper explores the urban politics of austerity in Greece, paying particular attention to
'local collaboration'. It revisits the key austerity periods noted in the country since accession …

Over the past decade, several European countries have undergone reforms that modified
the distribution of allocated powers and/or the geographical area of intervention of local …

This paper develops a conceptual approach to articulate the political-economy inspired
literature on the financialisation of cities with a critical reading of collaborative …

This book explores the impact of finance on urban spaces as well as cities' role in the social
constitution and dissemination of financial logistics and techniques. It brings together …

Although the effects of public austerity have been the subject of a significant literature in
recent years, the changing role of the state as a partner in collaborative environmental …

In this article, the shift from government to governance in local affairs is viewed through the
“rescaling” lens and the changing relations between state and civil society via a scalable …

In recent years, several studies have explored the challenges that accompany the creation
of metropolitan governments, with particular reference to the institutional relations and …

This paper seeks to establish the theoretical concept of 'urban commodity futures' by
drawing on David Harvey's account of the contradictions of capitalism and Wladimir Andreff's …